Wallet



Sept. 20, 1938. F. BRUNSKILL WALLET Filed sept. 21, 1937 w d y U Patented sept. 2o, 1938 UNITED STATES WALLET Frederick Brunskill, Liverpool, England In Great Britain September 19, 1936 Application September 21, 1937, Serial N0. 164,929 i 4 Claims.

This invention is for improvements in or relating to apparatus for feeding a sheet or sheets into and/or out of a pouch, the term sheet or sheets where used in this vspecification including cards, thin boards, a mirror or the like. The invention is particularly concerned with an apparatus for delivering sheets of, for example, paper from a stack contained in a pouch. One particular application of the invention is to wallets and pocket books but it will be appreciated that the invention may be applied for delivering sheets of paper such as circulars or envelopes or the like from a stack contained in other forms of pouch or pocket.

According to one feature of the present invention there is provided an apparatus for feeding sheets or the like into and/or out of a pouch (e. g. a Wallet) comprising sheet-engaging means adapted to be supported in or on the pouch for movement relatively to the aperture thereof and means for moving said sheet engaging means to feed one or more sheets through the pouch aperture. Conveniently the sheet-engaging means comprises a friction roller rotatably supported within the pouch and having an operating spindle by which it can be rotated to feed one or more sheets through the pouch aperture. In applying the invention to a pouch such as a wallet the apparatus may comprise a partition sheet built into the pouch between the walls thereof and apertured and provided with bearings for rotatably supporting a friction roller in said aperture, a

friction roller mounted on a spindle journalled in said bearings and projecting through the wall of the pouch whereby the roller can be rotated from the exterior of the pouch selectively to feed sheets located on opposite sides of the partition sheet through the pouch aperture according to the direction in which the roller is rotated.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows several examples of a wallet including a note feeding device constructed according to the invention.

On the drawing- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wallet of the kind adapted to be folded about its vertical centre line, the wallet being shown in its open or unfolded position and partly broken away to show the note feeding device.

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary'cross-section on the line III- III of Figure 1.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the wallet which may be constructed of leather or the like comprises a front sheet I0 and a back sheet II stitched together at the sides l2 and I3 and at the bottom I4' to form a pocket I 5 of a size adapted to receive Treasury notes. Additional sheets of material I6 and II are stitched to thefront sheet III to provide pockets for containing stamps or the like. For Vccmpactness the wallet is adapted to be folded about itsvertical'centre line I8.

' The note feeding device comprises a flexible partition sheet I9 of leather or theilike stitched into the side-I3 of the kwallet and the bottom I4 thereof and adapted partlyvt'o divide the pocket I'5 into two compartment'svZ and 2l in` which Treasury notes of diiferentdenominations kcan be located. The Treasury notes in the compartments ZIJ and 2I are adapted to be delivered selectively therefrom by a knurled friction roller 22 of vulcanized rubber or the like fitted on a spin# dle 23 journalled in bearings 24 and 25 which are formed by stitching strips of material 26 on one side of the partition sheet I9 which is apertured at 2'I so that the roller 22 projects through the sheet on either side thereof. The roller 22 is adapted to be rotated by a knurled knob or finger piece 28 which is fitted on the outer end of the spindle 23 and is accommodated in a cutaway recess 29 in the side edge I3 of the wallet. v

When a note is required from the pocket book, the knurled knob 28 isV gripped between the finger and thumb and turned in one or other direction according to the denomination ofunote required and the roller 22 will engage the note with which it is in contact and deliver it through the open top of the wallet the notes on the Opposite side of the sheet I9, being retained in the wallet. The roller has a tendency to separate the notes, thereby facilitating the selection of a single note from the wallet. To ensure that the friction between the roller 2'I and the notes is suficient to feed a note through the aperture of the pocket book, the wallet may be held so that the finger and thumb apply a slight pressure thereto at points at opposite sides of the roller.

In applying the embodiment of the invention above described to wallets which are not adapted to be folded about their Vertical centre line, the shaft 24 may extend from one side of the wallet to the other and a knurled knob may be provided on both ends thereof, or the shaft may be made of flexible material so that it will bend freely and permit the wallet to be folded. For example the shaftmay be made of wire or the like plated to give a good appearance and reduce the friction at the bearings.

Whilst the invention has been described more particularly as applied to a device for delivering notes from a wallet it is to be understood that it may also be used for feeding notes into a wallet after their lower edge has been introduced intov the mouth thereof, the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 being suitable for either purpose.

One of the advantages of the invention is that it tends to eliminate the risk of two Treasury notes being extracted from a note cas'e instead of one note, the friction roller having a tendency to Y separate the note in immediate contact with it from the other notes.

The note engaging means may comprise a device other than a roller, and where a roller is used such roller may be connected to its operating knob through gearing so that Aa comparatively small angular movement of the knob will result in several revolutions of the roller shaft thereby providing a quick delivery of the appropriate sheet of material.

I claim:

1. vA wallet having walls including a partition sheet built into the wallet between the walls thereof to divide the wallet into two pockets, said partition sheet having an aperture, a friction roller located in said aperture whereby it is operative to engage sheets located in both of said pockets, a spindle for said friction roller and bearings on the partition sheet for said spindle, the spindle having a part extending outside the wallet whereby the roller can be rotated from the exterior of the wallet selectively to deliver sheets from either pocket thereof according to the direction in which the roller is rotated.

2. A wallet having'walls secured together at their side edges and bottom edge and open at their top edge, including a partition sheet secured at one edge and at the bottom by the securing means at these parts for the walls, said partition extending otherwise free of the connection with the walls and between the walls of the wallet to divide the wallet into two pockets, said partition sheet having an aperture, a vfriction roller located in said aperture whereby it is operative to engage sheets located in both of said pockets, a spindle for said roller and bearings on the partition sheet for said spindle, said spindle having a part extending outside the wallet through the side'edge thereof, said side edge having a recess adjacent the extending part of the spindle and said spindle having a finger grip accommodated in said recess, whereby the roller can be rotated from the exterior of the wallet selectively to deliver sheets from either pocket thereof according to the direction -in which the roller is rotated.

3. A Wallet in the form of a pocket book having walls secured at their side edges and bottom edge and having a formed line of fold intermediate the side edges to permit the pocketbook to be folded about a vertical center line and having a partition sheet attached to the wallet by the securing means uniting the walls at one side edge and the bottom edge and extending inwardly between the walls of the pocketbook in an otherwise unconnected relation, the free end of the partition extending past the vertical line of fold of the pocketbook, whereby the partition sheet serves partly to divide the wallet into two pockets, the said partition having an aperture, a friction roller located in said laperture whereby it is operative to engage sheets located in both of said pockets, a spindle for said friction roller and bearings on the partition sheet for saidspindle, the spindle having a part extending outside the wallet whereby the roller can'be rotated from the exterior of the Wallet selectively to deliver sheets from either pocket thereof according to the direction in which the roller is rotated.

4. A wallet in the form of a pocket book having walls adapted to be folded about a vertical center line and having'a partition sheet stitched to the wallet between the edges of the walls thereof at one side of the wallet and terminating adjacent said center line whereby the partition I wallet through the side edge thereof, said side edge having a recess adjacent the extending part of the spindle and said spindle having a finger grip accommodated in said recess whereby the roller can be rotated from the exterior of the wallet selectively to deliver sheets from either pocket thereof according to the direction in which the roller is rotated. FREDERICK BRUNSKILL. 

